{"gene":"CBLN1","run_date":"2026-04-28T17:28:52","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":2010,"finding":"Cbln1 forms a tripartite trans-synaptic complex by binding to the N-terminal domain (NTD) of postsynaptic GluRdelta2 (GluD2) and to presynaptic neurexins (NRXNs), bridging pre- and postsynaptic elements at cerebellar parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses. The synaptogenic activity of GluRdelta2 is abolished in Cbln1-null mice and restored by recombinant Cbln1; knockdown of NRXNs or competitive application of GluRdelta2-NTD or NRXN1β extracellular domain also suppresses Cbln1 synaptogenic activity.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation, cerebellar primary cultures from Cbln1-knockout mice, recombinant protein rescue, NRXN knockdown, in vivo competitive inhibition experiments","journal":"Cell","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — reciprocal binding assays, loss-of-function rescue, and in vivo validation; replicated across two simultaneous independent publications","pmids":["20537373"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2010,"finding":"Cbln1 is a direct ligand for the orphan postsynaptic receptor GluD2; GluD2 expression combined with exogenously applied Cbln1 is necessary and sufficient to induce new synapses in vitro and in the adult cerebellum in vivo. Cbln1-coated beads directly induce presynaptic differentiation and indirectly cluster postsynaptic molecules via GluD2, demonstrating bidirectional synapse-organizing activity.","method":"Direct binding assay (Cbln1-GluD2 pull-down), bead-coating reconstitution assay, in vitro synapse induction, in vivo injection in adult mice","journal":"Science","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — reconstitution with Cbln1-coated beads, direct binding, in vivo validation; replicated by simultaneous independent study","pmids":["20395510"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2005,"finding":"Cbln1 is a glycoprotein secreted from cerebellar granule cells that is essential for matching and maintenance of pre- and postsynaptic elements at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses, proper climbing fiber innervation patterns, and induction of long-term depression at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses. Cbln1-null mice phenocopy GluRdelta2-null mice, placing Cbln1 in the same transneuronal signaling pathway.","method":"cbln1 knockout mouse phenotype analysis (anatomical, electrophysiological, behavioral), genetic epistasis with GluRdelta2-null mice, secretion assay","journal":"Nature neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — clean KO with multiple defined cellular and physiological phenotypes; foundational study with >267 citations","pmids":["16234806"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2008,"finding":"Recombinant Cbln1 specifically and reversibly induces parallel fiber synapse formation in dissociated cbln1-null Purkinje cells in culture and in acutely prepared cbln1-null cerebellar slices, creating electrophysiologically functional and ultrastructurally normal synapses. A single injection of recombinant Cbln1 rescues ataxia in adult cbln1-null mice in vivo by completely restoring parallel fiber synapses, demonstrating that Cbln1 is required for both development and maintenance of these synapses.","method":"Recombinant Cbln1 application to knockout cultures and slices, in vivo cerebellar injection, electrophysiology, electron microscopy","journal":"The Journal of neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — in vitro reconstitution with recombinant protein, ultrastructural and functional validation, in vivo rescue","pmids":["18524896"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2000,"finding":"Cbln1 forms homomeric complexes and binds specifically to Cbln3 to form heteromeric complexes; Cbln3 cannot form homomers on its own. These interactions are specific, as C1qB binds neither Cbln1 nor Cbln3. Both proteins are co-expressed in cerebellar and dorsal cochlear nucleus granule neurons, suggesting they function as a secreted heteromeric complex in vivo.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid screen, mammalian co-expression binding assays","journal":"The Journal of neuroscience","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — yeast two-hybrid plus mammalian expression system; single lab but two orthogonal methods","pmids":["10964938"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2005,"finding":"Only uncleaved Cbln1 (containing the cerebellin motif) is released and assembles into hexameric complexes. Cleavage at the N-terminus of the cerebellin sequence yields trimeric complexes by separating the trimer-mediating C1q domain from N-terminal cysteines that mediate higher-order oligomerization. Cleavage at the C-terminus of the cerebellin motif disrupts the C1q domain and abolishes all subunit interactions.","method":"Yeast two-hybrid, mammalian expression systems, proteolytic processing analysis of synaptic compartment fractions","journal":"Journal of neurochemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — yeast two-hybrid combined with mammalian expression and biochemical fractionation; single lab","pmids":["16135095"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2006,"finding":"Cbln1 is secreted from cerebellar granule cells in complex with Cbln3. Cbln1 and Cbln3 reciprocally regulate each other's degradation and secretion: Cbln1-null mice lack both proteins, while Cbln3-null mice lack Cbln3 but have ~6-fold increased Cbln1. Cbln3 cannot form homomers and is secreted only when bound to Cbln1. A single arginine in Cbln3 creates a steric clash that is masked upon Cbln1 binding ('hide-and-run' ER retention mechanism), conferring Cbln3's unique secretion dependence.","method":"Cbln1/Cbln3 double-knockout mouse analysis, structural modeling, mutation analysis, secretion assays in transfected cells","journal":"Molecular and cellular biology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — genetic double-KO epistasis, mutagenesis, structural modeling, and secretion assays; multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["17030622"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2007,"finding":"Cbln1 is localized to the endolysosomal compartment of neurons, as demonstrated by colocalization with cathepsin D but not with ER or Golgi markers. This endolysosomal localization represents the mechanism for regulated degradation of Cbln1 in vivo. In Cbln3-null mice, Cbln1 levels are dramatically increased in the cerebellum but unchanged in extracerebellar neurons.","method":"Immunohistochemistry with organelle markers, cbln1-lacZ transgenic mice, fractionation","journal":"The European journal of neuroscience","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2-3 — direct colocalization with validated organelle markers; single lab","pmids":["18001291"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2009,"finding":"Cbln1 released from granule cells undergoes anterograde trans-neuronal transport to Purkinje cells and Bergmann glia, entering the endolysosomal trafficking system. Cbln1 is absent from Purkinje cells and Bergmann glia in GluRdelta2-null mice, indicating mechanistic convergence on Cbln1 trafficking. Ectopic postsynaptic expression of Cbln1 in Purkinje cells of L7-cbln1 transgenic mice ameliorates locomotor deficits of cbln1-null mice.","method":"Trans-neuronal trafficking assay, GluRdelta2-null mouse analysis, L7-cbln1 transgenic mouse rescue, immunohistochemistry","journal":"Molecular and cellular neurosciences","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — direct localization experiments with functional consequence, multiple genetic models; single lab","pmids":["19344768"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2009,"finding":"Recombinant hexameric Cbln1 (but not trimeric or N-terminal/C-terminal fragments) specifically binds to postsynaptic sites of parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses in a saturable and replaceable manner. Binding is present in weaver cerebellum (lacking granule cells) but absent in pcd cerebellum (lacking Purkinje cells), localizing the binding site to postsynaptic densities. Subcellular fractionation confirms Cbln1 binds to synaptosomal and postsynaptic density fractions.","method":"Recombinant Cbln1 binding assay in primary cultures and acute slices, weaver and pcd mutant mouse cerebellum, subcellular fractionation","journal":"The European journal of neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — structure-function analysis with defined fragments, multiple genetic controls, biochemical fractionation; single lab but highly rigorous","pmids":["19200061"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2009,"finding":"Cbln1 accumulates in the synaptic cleft of parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses as revealed by postembedding immunogold electron microscopy with antigen-exposing methods. Cbln1 co-localizes with Cbln3 and GluRdelta2 specifically at these synapses (not at other Purkinje cell synapses), providing anatomical basis for a common signaling pathway.","method":"Light microscopy with pepsin pretreatment, postembedding immunogold electron microscopy","journal":"The European journal of neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — ultrastructural localization with multiple highly specific antibodies and antigen-exposing methods; single lab","pmids":["19250438"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2009,"finding":"Chronic neuronal activity represses cbln1 mRNA expression in mature granule cells via L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels and calcineurin signaling. This activity-dependent downregulation of Cbln1 protein reduces the number of excitatory synapses on Purkinje cell dendrites, and adding exogenous Cbln1 prevents this synapse reduction. Immature granule cell depolarization prevents cbln1 mRNA induction, suggesting a developmental switch mechanism.","method":"Chronic K+/kainate stimulation of granule cell cultures, pharmacological blockade (L-type Ca2+ channel blockers, calcineurin inhibitors), exogenous Cbln1 rescue, synapse counting","journal":"The Journal of neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — pharmacological dissection of pathway, protein rescue experiment, multiple conditions; single lab with multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["19403810"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2012,"finding":"Cbln1 released from parallel fibers induces dynamic structural changes (protrusions and circular encapsulation structures) in presynaptic parallel fiber axons via a mechanism requiring postsynaptic GluD2 and presynaptic neurexin (Nrxn). Time-lapse imaging shows Nrxn-Cbln1-GluD2 signaling induces PF protrusions that encapsulate Purkinje cell spines, leading to accumulation of synaptic vesicles and GluD2, thereby forming mature synapses via positive feedback.","method":"Time-lapse imaging in organotypic culture, ultrastructural analysis in vivo, GluD2/Nrxn knockout analysis","journal":"Neuron","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — live imaging combined with ultrastructural and genetic loss-of-function; multiple orthogonal approaches","pmids":["23141067"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2012,"finding":"Cbln1 and Cbln2 have similar binding activities to β-neurexins and GluD2 (Grid2). Targeted ectopic expression of Cbln2 in Purkinje cells rescues cerebellar deficits in Cbln1-null mice, demonstrating functional redundancy through shared receptor-binding properties. However, Cbln2 does not substitute for Cbln1 in thalamic neurons affecting striatal synapses, indicating region-specific divergence.","method":"Binding assays, transgenic rescue (Cbln2 expressed in Cbln1-null background), Cbln2-knockout mouse generation and analysis","journal":"Journal of neurochemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — binding assays plus transgenic rescue and KO phenotype; single lab","pmids":["22117778"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2017,"finding":"Crystal structures of the homotrimeric C1q domains of Cbln1 and Cbln4 at 2.2 Å and 2.3 Å resolution reveal that structural and sequence divergence in loop CD underlies the difference between Cbln1 and Cbln4 in GluD2 binding. Negative-stain electron microscopy reconstruction of hexameric full-length Cbln1 at 13 Å resolution shows Nrxn1β binds to the N-terminal region of Cbln4 via strand β10 of the S4 insert.","method":"X-ray crystallography, negative-stain electron microscopy reconstruction, binding assays","journal":"Cell reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 — crystal structures at near-atomic resolution combined with EM reconstruction and binding assays","pmids":["28877468"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2019,"finding":"Cbln1 is released from lysosomes in axons (but not dendrites) of cerebellar granule cells in an activity- and Ca2+-dependent manner. Exocytosed Cbln1 is retained on axonal surfaces by binding to presynaptic neurexin, then diffuses laterally and accumulates at boutons by binding postsynaptic GluD2. Cbln1 exocytosis is insensitive to tetanus neurotoxin, accompanied by cathepsin B release, and inhibited by lysosome disruption. Overexpression of lysosomal sialidase Neu1 inhibits Cbln1/cathepsin B exocytosis and reduces axonal bouton formation in vivo.","method":"Live imaging of Cbln1-pHluorin, tetanus neurotoxin treatment, Ca2+ manipulation, lysosome disruption, Neu1 overexpression in vitro and in vivo","journal":"Neuron","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — live imaging with multiple pharmacological dissections plus in vivo functional consequence; single lab with multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["31072786"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2017,"finding":"UBE3A (a ubiquitin ligase with nuclear transcriptional co-regulatory function) downregulates Cbln1 expression in VTA glutamatergic neurons. Cbln1 deletion in VTA impairs sociability and weakens glutamatergic transmission. Viral restoration of Cbln1 in VTA glutamatergic neurons reverses sociability deficits caused by Ube3a overexpression and/or seizures.","method":"In vivo mouse genetics (UBE3A overexpression, Cbln1 conditional deletion), chemogenetic activation, viral vector-based Cbln1 restoration, whole-cell electrophysiology","journal":"Nature","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple genetic manipulations with defined circuit-level phenotype and viral rescue; single study but highly rigorous with multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["28297715"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2010,"finding":"The flap loop (Arg321-Trp339) in the N-terminal domain of GluD2 is a crucial region for binding to Cbln1 and for induction of presynaptic differentiation. Single amino acid substitutions of either Arg321 or Trp323 to alanine are sufficient to abolish both Cbln1 binding and presynaptic differentiation induction.","method":"Site-directed mutagenesis of GluD2, HEK cell expression, binding assay, presynaptic differentiation assay, homology modeling","journal":"Biochemical and biophysical research communications","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 — mutagenesis with functional read-out; single lab, single study","pmids":["20599760"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2014,"finding":"Cbln1-GluD2 signaling downregulates the formation and function of inhibitory synapses between Purkinje cells and interneurons. Recombinant Cbln1 reverses increased inhibitory synapse density and miniature IPSC amplitude in cbln1-null slices, but has no effect in Cbln1/GluD2 double-null mice. The effect on inhibitory transmission is mediated through a tyrosine kinase (Src-family kinase) pathway, as Src inhibition suppresses the increased inhibitory currents in cbln1-null Purkinje cells.","method":"Immunohistochemistry (VGAT antibody), whole-cell patch-clamp in cerebellar slices, recombinant Cbln1 application, Src-family kinase inhibitor pharmacology, double-knockout analysis","journal":"The European journal of neuroscience","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — electrophysiology, anatomical analysis, pharmacology, and double-KO epistasis; multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["24467251"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"Sparse but not global knockout of GluD2 causes under-elaboration of Purkinje cell dendrites in the deep molecular layer and overelaboration in the superficial layer, due to a deficit in Cbln1/GluD2-dependent competitive interactions during synaptogenesis. Genetic epistasis and overexpression analyses confirm Cbln1 drives these dendrite morphogenesis effects through competitive synaptogenesis.","method":"Sparse and global GluD2 knockout (MADM system), developmental analyses, Cbln1/GluD2 overexpression, genetic epistasis, computational modeling","journal":"Neuron","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — clean sparse/global KO comparison with epistasis and overexpression; multiple orthogonal approaches","pmids":["33352118"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2022,"finding":"Cbln1 functions as an axon growth and guidance cue during early neural development, acting in an autocrine manner from axons/growth cones of commissural neurons to promote axon growth, and as an attractive guidance cue from intermediate target tissues. These functions are mediated by neurexin-2 (Nrxn2) as the Cbln1 receptor for axon growth and guidance, distinct from its synaptogenic receptor context. Cbln1 also regulates cerebellar parallel fiber growth and retinal ganglion cell axon guidance.","method":"Mouse and chick embryo experiments, loss-of-function (conditional knockout), gain-of-function, receptor identification (Nrxn2), axon tracing","journal":"PLoS biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — loss- and gain-of-function in multiple systems with receptor identification; single lab","pmids":["36395107"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"Cbln1 expressed in corticospinal neurons (CSN) of medial sensorimotor cortex directs thoraco-lumbar axon extension. Cbln1 shows highest expression during peak axon extension toward thoraco-lumbar segments. Misexpression of Cbln1 in bulbar-cervical projecting CSN (via in utero electroporation or AAV) redirects these axons past normal targets toward thoracic segments, demonstrating sufficiency for specifying distal axon targeting.","method":"In utero electroporation, AAV-mediated gene delivery, in vivo axon tracing, gain-of-function","journal":"The Journal of neuroscience","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — gain-of-function with two independent delivery methods in vivo; single lab","pmids":["36823038"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2021,"finding":"lncRNA-PM (lncRNA-Promoting Methylation) activates Cbln1 transcription through recruiting Pax6 and Mll1 to promote H3K4me3 at the Cbln1 regulatory region. Knockdown of lncRNA-PM reduces Cbln1 expression, impairs cerebellar synaptic integrity, and causes motor deficits.","method":"ChIP for H3K4me3 and Pax6/Mll1 at Cbln1 locus, lncRNA-PM knockdown in cerebellum, mRNA/protein measurement, synaptic morphology and behavioral analysis","journal":"PLoS biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — ChIP, knockdown, and functional phenotype; single lab with multiple orthogonal methods","pmids":["34111112"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"YTHDF3 interacts with BTG2 and is involved in the decay of Cbln1 mRNA in the hippocampus, leading to downregulation of Cbln1 expression and abnormal synaptic function.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation of YTHDF3-BTG2, mRNA decay assay, Cbln1 protein/mRNA measurement, synaptic functional analysis","journal":"iScience","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — co-IP and mRNA measurement; single lab, mechanistic follow-up partial","pmids":["38205248"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2025,"finding":"D-serine inhibits the interaction between Cbln1 and GluD1 in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 ~300 µM) in an in vitro cell-binding assay. In ex vivo central amygdala slices, recombinant Cbln1 increases excitatory neurotransmission via GluD1, and this effect is partially blocked by D-serine pre-treatment. Intra-CeA rCbln1 injection modulates nocifensive responses and this is blocked by D-serine.","method":"In vitro cell-binding assay (concentration-response), ex vivo electrophysiology in central amygdala slices, in vivo intra-CeA injection and behavioral testing","journal":"Cellular and molecular life sciences","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2-3 — binding assay plus electrophysiology and behavioral experiments; single lab","pmids":["39890638"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"In the VMHvl-arcuate circuit, VMHvl neurons form excitatory synapses onto AgRP/NPY arcuate neurons through a NRXN1-Cbln1-GluD1 transsynaptic complex. Increased UBE3A decreases Cbln1 gene expression in VMHvl, impairing this synapse and elevating aggression. Deletion of GluD1 in arcuate AgRP neurons reduces excitatory synapses from VMHvl and increases aggression.","method":"Targeted Ube3a deletion in VMHvl, GluD1 conditional knockout in AgRP neurons, chemogenetic/optogenetic circuit manipulations, electrophysiology","journal":"bioRxiv","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — circuit-specific genetic manipulations with defined synaptic and behavioral readouts; preprint, single lab","pmids":["36909588"],"is_preprint":true}],"current_model":"Cbln1 is a secreted hexameric glycoprotein of the C1q/TNF superfamily, released from presynaptic granule cell axons via activity- and Ca2+-dependent lysosomal exocytosis, that acts as a bidirectional trans-synaptic organizer by bridging presynaptic neurexins (Nrxn1β/Nrxn2) to postsynaptic GluD2 (cerebellum) or GluD1 (amygdala/hypothalamus) through direct binding to their N-terminal domains, thereby inducing and maintaining excitatory synapses, suppressing inhibitory synapse formation via a Src-family kinase pathway, and also functioning as an axon growth and guidance cue in early development through Nrxn2; Cbln1 expression is regulated at the transcriptional level by lncRNA-PM/Pax6/Mll1-H3K4me3, at the post-transcriptional level by YTHDF3-BTG2-mediated mRNA decay, and by neuronal activity through L-type Ca2+/calcineurin-dependent repression, as well as by UBE3A in a circuit-specific manner."},"narrative":{"teleology":[{"year":2000,"claim":"Establishing that CBLN1 forms specific homomeric and heteromeric (with CBLN3) complexes answered the question of whether cerebellin-family members interact physically, suggesting they operate as oligomeric secreted signals.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid screen and mammalian co-expression binding assays in HEK cells","pmids":["10964938"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No functional assay for the heteromeric complex","Stoichiometry and quaternary structure not resolved","In vivo relevance of heteromer not tested"]},{"year":2005,"claim":"The generation of Cbln1-null mice revealed that CBLN1 is essential for synapse integrity, long-term depression, and proper climbing fiber innervation at parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapses, establishing it as a key trans-neuronal signaling molecule whose loss phenocopies GluD2 deletion.","evidence":"Cbln1 knockout mouse with anatomical, electrophysiological, and behavioral phenotyping; genetic epistasis with GluD2-null mice","pmids":["16234806"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Molecular receptor for CBLN1 not yet identified","Mechanism of secretion unknown","Whether CBLN1 acts directly or through intermediate molecules unclear"]},{"year":2005,"claim":"Demonstrating that hexameric (uncleaved) CBLN1 is the secreted functional form, and that proteolytic processing yields trimers or destroys assembly, resolved how oligomeric state relates to biological activity.","evidence":"Yeast two-hybrid, mammalian expression, and proteolytic processing analysis of synaptic compartment fractions","pmids":["16135095"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No functional readout linking hexamer vs. trimer to synaptogenic activity","Protease identity and regulation unknown"]},{"year":2006,"claim":"Genetic epistasis between Cbln1 and Cbln3 knockouts revealed a 'hide-and-run' ER retention mechanism in which CBLN3 requires CBLN1 for secretion and CBLN3 reciprocally modulates CBLN1 levels, establishing how heteromeric complex formation controls secretion.","evidence":"Cbln1/Cbln3 double-knockout mice, mutagenesis, structural modeling, secretion assays","pmids":["17030622"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Physiological significance of CBLN1/3 heteromer vs. CBLN1 homomer at synapses not tested","ER retention receptor for CBLN3 not identified"]},{"year":2008,"claim":"Recombinant CBLN1 application to knockout cultures and in vivo fully restored functional synapses and rescued ataxia in adult mice, proving that CBLN1 is not only a developmental factor but continuously required for synapse maintenance.","evidence":"Recombinant CBLN1 application to knockout cultures and slices, in vivo cerebellar injection with electrophysiology and EM","pmids":["18524896"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Postsynaptic receptor still not identified at this point","Turnover kinetics and half-life of CBLN1 at synapses unknown"]},{"year":2009,"claim":"Multiple studies converged to define CBLN1's synaptic localization and regulation: ultrastructural immunogold localized CBLN1 to the synaptic cleft, binding assays showed hexamer-specific binding to postsynaptic densities, trans-neuronal trafficking to Purkinje cells was demonstrated, and activity-dependent repression of Cbln1 via L-type Ca²⁺/calcineurin was established.","evidence":"Postembedding immunogold EM, recombinant fragment binding in weaver/pcd mutant cerebella, trans-neuronal trafficking in GluD2-null mice, chronic depolarization with pharmacological dissection","pmids":["19250438","19200061","19344768","19403810"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Identity of postsynaptic binding partner still formally unresolved","Calcineurin targets at the Cbln1 promoter not identified","Mechanism of trans-neuronal uptake unknown"]},{"year":2010,"claim":"Two simultaneous landmark studies identified GluD2 as the postsynaptic receptor and neurexins as the presynaptic receptor for CBLN1, establishing the tripartite NRXN–CBLN1–GluD2 complex as the minimal trans-synaptic unit for synapse induction.","evidence":"Co-immunoprecipitation, Cbln1-coated bead reconstitution, NRXN knockdown, in vivo competitive inhibition, direct pull-down of CBLN1-GluD2","pmids":["20537373","20395510"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Structural basis of the tripartite complex not determined","Whether CBLN1 binds other postsynaptic receptors besides GluD2 unknown","Signaling downstream of GluD2 engagement uncharacterized"]},{"year":2012,"claim":"Time-lapse imaging revealed that NRXN–CBLN1–GluD2 signaling drives dynamic presynaptic structural remodeling (protrusions that encapsulate spines), establishing the morphogenetic mechanism by which this complex builds synapses.","evidence":"Time-lapse imaging in organotypic cerebellar culture, ultrastructural analysis, GluD2/Nrxn knockout analysis","pmids":["23141067"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Cytoskeletal effectors downstream of neurexin engagement not identified","Whether this protrusion mechanism operates outside cerebellum unknown"]},{"year":2014,"claim":"Discovery that CBLN1–GluD2 signaling actively suppresses inhibitory synapse formation via Src-family kinases expanded CBLN1's role from excitatory synaptogenesis to bidirectional synapse-type control.","evidence":"Electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry in cbln1-null and Cbln1/GluD2 double-null cerebellar slices, Src-family kinase inhibitor pharmacology","pmids":["24467251"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Direct Src substrate linking GluD2 signaling to inhibitory synapse suppression unknown","Whether this extends beyond Purkinje cells untested"]},{"year":2017,"claim":"Crystal structures of CBLN1 and CBLN4 C1q domains and EM reconstruction of hexameric CBLN1 revealed the structural basis for receptor selectivity: loop CD divergence explains differential GluD2 binding, while NRXN1β contacts strand β10 of the splice insert.","evidence":"X-ray crystallography (2.2 Å), negative-stain EM (13 Å), binding assays","pmids":["28877468"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No co-crystal of the full tripartite complex","How hexamer-to-trimer transition affects receptor engagement structurally unresolved"]},{"year":2017,"claim":"UBE3A was identified as a transcriptional repressor of Cbln1 in VTA glutamatergic neurons, and viral restoration of CBLN1 rescued sociability deficits, linking CBLN1 to autism-related circuitry via the UBE3A pathway.","evidence":"In vivo UBE3A overexpression, Cbln1 conditional deletion in VTA, viral Cbln1 restoration, electrophysiology","pmids":["28297715"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Mechanism by which UBE3A represses Cbln1 transcription not defined","Whether postsynaptic GluD1 or GluD2 mediates VTA synapse effects not resolved"]},{"year":2019,"claim":"Live imaging demonstrated that CBLN1 is released from axonal lysosomes (not conventional secretory vesicles) in an activity- and Ca²⁺-dependent, tetanus toxin-insensitive manner, redefining its secretion mechanism as lysosomal exocytosis.","evidence":"Cbln1-pHluorin live imaging, tetanus neurotoxin insensitivity, cathepsin B co-release, lysosome disruption, Neu1 overexpression in vivo","pmids":["31072786"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Ca²⁺ sensor for lysosomal CBLN1 exocytosis not identified","Whether lysosomal release mechanism generalizes to other C1q-family members unknown"]},{"year":2020,"claim":"Sparse knockout studies showed that CBLN1/GluD2-dependent competitive synaptogenesis between neighboring Purkinje cells shapes dendritic territory, expanding CBLN1's role from synapse formation to dendrite morphogenesis.","evidence":"MADM-based sparse and global GluD2 knockout, developmental analyses, CBLN1/GluD2 overexpression, genetic epistasis","pmids":["33352118"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Molecular mechanism coupling synaptogenesis to dendrite elaboration not resolved","Whether competitive mechanism operates in other brain regions unknown"]},{"year":2021,"claim":"Identification of lncRNA-PM as a recruiter of Pax6 and Mll1 to the Cbln1 promoter to deposit H3K4me3 established the first epigenetic transcriptional activation mechanism for Cbln1.","evidence":"ChIP for H3K4me3/Pax6/Mll1 at Cbln1 locus, lncRNA-PM knockdown with synaptic and behavioral phenotyping","pmids":["34111112"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Developmental timing and cell-type specificity of lncRNA-PM regulation not fully characterized","Whether other lncRNAs regulate Cbln1 unknown"]},{"year":2022,"claim":"CBLN1 was shown to function as an axon growth and guidance cue during early development, acting through NRXN2 rather than through its synaptogenic receptor context, revealing a pre-synaptogenic role for CBLN1.","evidence":"Mouse and chick embryo conditional knockouts and gain-of-function, receptor identification (Nrxn2), axon tracing","pmids":["36395107"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Signaling pathway downstream of NRXN2 for axon guidance not identified","Whether guidance and synaptogenic functions are temporally separable in the same neuron unknown"]},{"year":2023,"claim":"CBLN1 was shown to direct distal corticospinal axon targeting: misexpression redirected cervical-projecting axons past their normal targets toward thoracic segments, extending the guidance function to cortical motor circuitry.","evidence":"In utero electroporation and AAV-mediated misexpression of CBLN1 in corticospinal neurons, in vivo axon tracing","pmids":["36823038"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Receptor mediating corticospinal targeting not identified","Whether CBLN1 acts cell-autonomously or as a secreted gradient cue in this context unclear"]},{"year":2025,"claim":"D-serine was identified as a competitive inhibitor of the CBLN1–GluD1 interaction, establishing a modulatory mechanism for CBLN1 signaling outside the cerebellum in amygdala circuits relevant to pain processing.","evidence":"In vitro cell-binding concentration-response assay, ex vivo electrophysiology in central amygdala slices, in vivo intra-CeA injection and behavioral testing","pmids":["39890638"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Whether D-serine modulates CBLN1–GluD2 interaction similarly untested","Structural basis of competitive inhibition unknown","Physiological D-serine concentrations at these synapses not measured"]},{"year":null,"claim":"Key unresolved questions include the atomic structure of the complete NRXN–CBLN1–GluD tripartite complex, the intracellular signaling cascades downstream of GluD2/GluD1 engagement by CBLN1, the Ca²⁺ sensor mediating lysosomal CBLN1 exocytosis, and whether CBLN1's axon guidance and synaptogenic functions are mediated by distinct downstream pathways or converge on shared effectors.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No co-crystal structure of the ternary NRXN–CBLN1–GluD complex","Intracellular signaling downstream of GluD engagement by CBLN1 largely uncharacterized","Ca²⁺ sensor for lysosomal exocytosis not identified"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0048018","term_label":"receptor ligand activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,3,12,20]},{"term_id":"GO:0098772","term_label":"molecular function regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[18]},{"term_id":"GO:0005198","term_label":"structural molecule activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[5,14]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005576","term_label":"extracellular 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CBLN1 assembles into hexamers that bridge presynaptic neurexins (NRXN1β/NRXN2) to postsynaptic GluD2 (in cerebellum) or GluD1 (in amygdala and hypothalamus), and this tripartite complex is both necessary and sufficient to induce and maintain excitatory synapses, while simultaneously suppressing inhibitory synapse formation through a Src-family kinase pathway [PMID:20537373, PMID:20395510, PMID:18524896, PMID:24467251]. CBLN1 is released from axonal lysosomes in an activity- and Ca²⁺-dependent manner, retained on axonal surfaces by neurexin, and accumulates at boutons via GluD2 binding; its expression is regulated transcriptionally by a lncRNA-PM/Pax6/Mll1-H3K4me3 axis and post-transcriptionally by YTHDF3-BTG2-mediated mRNA decay, while chronic neuronal activity represses Cbln1 via L-type Ca²⁺ channels and calcineurin [PMID:31072786, PMID:34111112, PMID:38205248, PMID:19403810]. Beyond synaptogenesis, CBLN1 acts as an autocrine axon growth and attractive guidance cue through NRXN2 during early development and specifies distal corticospinal axon targeting [PMID:36395107, PMID:36823038]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"P23435","full_name":"Cerebellin-1","aliases":["Precerebellin"],"length_aa":193,"mass_kda":21.1,"function":"Required for synapse integrity and synaptic plasticity. During cerebellar synapse formation, essential for the matching and maintenance of pre- and post-synaptic elements at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses, the establishment of the proper pattern of climbing fiber-Purkinje cell innervation, and induction of long-term depression at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses. Plays a role as a synaptic organizer that acts bidirectionally on both pre- and post-synaptic components. 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The synaptogenic activity of GluRdelta2 is abolished in Cbln1-null mice and restored by recombinant Cbln1; knockdown of NRXNs or competitive application of GluRdelta2-NTD or NRXN1β extracellular domain also suppresses Cbln1 synaptogenic activity.\",\n      \"method\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation, cerebellar primary cultures from Cbln1-knockout mice, recombinant protein rescue, NRXN knockdown, in vivo competitive inhibition experiments\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — reciprocal binding assays, loss-of-function rescue, and in vivo validation; replicated across two simultaneous independent publications\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20537373\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2010,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 is a direct ligand for the orphan postsynaptic receptor GluD2; GluD2 expression combined with exogenously applied Cbln1 is necessary and sufficient to induce new synapses in vitro and in the adult cerebellum in vivo. Cbln1-coated beads directly induce presynaptic differentiation and indirectly cluster postsynaptic molecules via GluD2, demonstrating bidirectional synapse-organizing activity.\",\n      \"method\": \"Direct binding assay (Cbln1-GluD2 pull-down), bead-coating reconstitution assay, in vitro synapse induction, in vivo injection in adult mice\",\n      \"journal\": \"Science\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — reconstitution with Cbln1-coated beads, direct binding, in vivo validation; replicated by simultaneous independent study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20395510\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2005,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 is a glycoprotein secreted from cerebellar granule cells that is essential for matching and maintenance of pre- and postsynaptic elements at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses, proper climbing fiber innervation patterns, and induction of long-term depression at parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses. Cbln1-null mice phenocopy GluRdelta2-null mice, placing Cbln1 in the same transneuronal signaling pathway.\",\n      \"method\": \"cbln1 knockout mouse phenotype analysis (anatomical, electrophysiological, behavioral), genetic epistasis with GluRdelta2-null mice, secretion assay\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — clean KO with multiple defined cellular and physiological phenotypes; foundational study with >267 citations\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16234806\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"finding\": \"Recombinant Cbln1 specifically and reversibly induces parallel fiber synapse formation in dissociated cbln1-null Purkinje cells in culture and in acutely prepared cbln1-null cerebellar slices, creating electrophysiologically functional and ultrastructurally normal synapses. 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Cleavage at the C-terminus of the cerebellin motif disrupts the C1q domain and abolishes all subunit interactions.\",\n      \"method\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, mammalian expression systems, proteolytic processing analysis of synaptic compartment fractions\",\n      \"journal\": \"Journal of neurochemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — yeast two-hybrid combined with mammalian expression and biochemical fractionation; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16135095\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2006,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 is secreted from cerebellar granule cells in complex with Cbln3. Cbln1 and Cbln3 reciprocally regulate each other's degradation and secretion: Cbln1-null mice lack both proteins, while Cbln3-null mice lack Cbln3 but have ~6-fold increased Cbln1. Cbln3 cannot form homomers and is secreted only when bound to Cbln1. A single arginine in Cbln3 creates a steric clash that is masked upon Cbln1 binding ('hide-and-run' ER retention mechanism), conferring Cbln3's unique secretion dependence.\",\n      \"method\": \"Cbln1/Cbln3 double-knockout mouse analysis, structural modeling, mutation analysis, secretion assays in transfected cells\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular and cellular biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — genetic double-KO epistasis, mutagenesis, structural modeling, and secretion assays; multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17030622\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 is localized to the endolysosomal compartment of neurons, as demonstrated by colocalization with cathepsin D but not with ER or Golgi markers. This endolysosomal localization represents the mechanism for regulated degradation of Cbln1 in vivo. In Cbln3-null mice, Cbln1 levels are dramatically increased in the cerebellum but unchanged in extracerebellar neurons.\",\n      \"method\": \"Immunohistochemistry with organelle markers, cbln1-lacZ transgenic mice, fractionation\",\n      \"journal\": \"The European journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2-3 — direct colocalization with validated organelle markers; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18001291\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 released from granule cells undergoes anterograde trans-neuronal transport to Purkinje cells and Bergmann glia, entering the endolysosomal trafficking system. Cbln1 is absent from Purkinje cells and Bergmann glia in GluRdelta2-null mice, indicating mechanistic convergence on Cbln1 trafficking. Ectopic postsynaptic expression of Cbln1 in Purkinje cells of L7-cbln1 transgenic mice ameliorates locomotor deficits of cbln1-null mice.\",\n      \"method\": \"Trans-neuronal trafficking assay, GluRdelta2-null mouse analysis, L7-cbln1 transgenic mouse rescue, immunohistochemistry\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular and cellular neurosciences\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — direct localization experiments with functional consequence, multiple genetic models; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19344768\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"finding\": \"Recombinant hexameric Cbln1 (but not trimeric or N-terminal/C-terminal fragments) specifically binds to postsynaptic sites of parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses in a saturable and replaceable manner. Binding is present in weaver cerebellum (lacking granule cells) but absent in pcd cerebellum (lacking Purkinje cells), localizing the binding site to postsynaptic densities. Subcellular fractionation confirms Cbln1 binds to synaptosomal and postsynaptic density fractions.\",\n      \"method\": \"Recombinant Cbln1 binding assay in primary cultures and acute slices, weaver and pcd mutant mouse cerebellum, subcellular fractionation\",\n      \"journal\": \"The European journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — structure-function analysis with defined fragments, multiple genetic controls, biochemical fractionation; single lab but highly rigorous\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19200061\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 accumulates in the synaptic cleft of parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapses as revealed by postembedding immunogold electron microscopy with antigen-exposing methods. Cbln1 co-localizes with Cbln3 and GluRdelta2 specifically at these synapses (not at other Purkinje cell synapses), providing anatomical basis for a common signaling pathway.\",\n      \"method\": \"Light microscopy with pepsin pretreatment, postembedding immunogold electron microscopy\",\n      \"journal\": \"The European journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — ultrastructural localization with multiple highly specific antibodies and antigen-exposing methods; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19250438\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"finding\": \"Chronic neuronal activity represses cbln1 mRNA expression in mature granule cells via L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels and calcineurin signaling. This activity-dependent downregulation of Cbln1 protein reduces the number of excitatory synapses on Purkinje cell dendrites, and adding exogenous Cbln1 prevents this synapse reduction. Immature granule cell depolarization prevents cbln1 mRNA induction, suggesting a developmental switch mechanism.\",\n      \"method\": \"Chronic K+/kainate stimulation of granule cell cultures, pharmacological blockade (L-type Ca2+ channel blockers, calcineurin inhibitors), exogenous Cbln1 rescue, synapse counting\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — pharmacological dissection of pathway, protein rescue experiment, multiple conditions; single lab with multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19403810\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 released from parallel fibers induces dynamic structural changes (protrusions and circular encapsulation structures) in presynaptic parallel fiber axons via a mechanism requiring postsynaptic GluD2 and presynaptic neurexin (Nrxn). Time-lapse imaging shows Nrxn-Cbln1-GluD2 signaling induces PF protrusions that encapsulate Purkinje cell spines, leading to accumulation of synaptic vesicles and GluD2, thereby forming mature synapses via positive feedback.\",\n      \"method\": \"Time-lapse imaging in organotypic culture, ultrastructural analysis in vivo, GluD2/Nrxn knockout analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Neuron\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — live imaging combined with ultrastructural and genetic loss-of-function; multiple orthogonal approaches\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23141067\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 and Cbln2 have similar binding activities to β-neurexins and GluD2 (Grid2). Targeted ectopic expression of Cbln2 in Purkinje cells rescues cerebellar deficits in Cbln1-null mice, demonstrating functional redundancy through shared receptor-binding properties. However, Cbln2 does not substitute for Cbln1 in thalamic neurons affecting striatal synapses, indicating region-specific divergence.\",\n      \"method\": \"Binding assays, transgenic rescue (Cbln2 expressed in Cbln1-null background), Cbln2-knockout mouse generation and analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Journal of neurochemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — binding assays plus transgenic rescue and KO phenotype; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"22117778\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"Crystal structures of the homotrimeric C1q domains of Cbln1 and Cbln4 at 2.2 Å and 2.3 Å resolution reveal that structural and sequence divergence in loop CD underlies the difference between Cbln1 and Cbln4 in GluD2 binding. Negative-stain electron microscopy reconstruction of hexameric full-length Cbln1 at 13 Å resolution shows Nrxn1β binds to the N-terminal region of Cbln4 via strand β10 of the S4 insert.\",\n      \"method\": \"X-ray crystallography, negative-stain electron microscopy reconstruction, binding assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 — crystal structures at near-atomic resolution combined with EM reconstruction and binding assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28877468\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 is released from lysosomes in axons (but not dendrites) of cerebellar granule cells in an activity- and Ca2+-dependent manner. Exocytosed Cbln1 is retained on axonal surfaces by binding to presynaptic neurexin, then diffuses laterally and accumulates at boutons by binding postsynaptic GluD2. Cbln1 exocytosis is insensitive to tetanus neurotoxin, accompanied by cathepsin B release, and inhibited by lysosome disruption. Overexpression of lysosomal sialidase Neu1 inhibits Cbln1/cathepsin B exocytosis and reduces axonal bouton formation in vivo.\",\n      \"method\": \"Live imaging of Cbln1-pHluorin, tetanus neurotoxin treatment, Ca2+ manipulation, lysosome disruption, Neu1 overexpression in vitro and in vivo\",\n      \"journal\": \"Neuron\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — live imaging with multiple pharmacological dissections plus in vivo functional consequence; single lab with multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31072786\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"UBE3A (a ubiquitin ligase with nuclear transcriptional co-regulatory function) downregulates Cbln1 expression in VTA glutamatergic neurons. Cbln1 deletion in VTA impairs sociability and weakens glutamatergic transmission. Viral restoration of Cbln1 in VTA glutamatergic neurons reverses sociability deficits caused by Ube3a overexpression and/or seizures.\",\n      \"method\": \"In vivo mouse genetics (UBE3A overexpression, Cbln1 conditional deletion), chemogenetic activation, viral vector-based Cbln1 restoration, whole-cell electrophysiology\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple genetic manipulations with defined circuit-level phenotype and viral rescue; single study but highly rigorous with multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28297715\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2010,\n      \"finding\": \"The flap loop (Arg321-Trp339) in the N-terminal domain of GluD2 is a crucial region for binding to Cbln1 and for induction of presynaptic differentiation. Single amino acid substitutions of either Arg321 or Trp323 to alanine are sufficient to abolish both Cbln1 binding and presynaptic differentiation induction.\",\n      \"method\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis of GluD2, HEK cell expression, binding assay, presynaptic differentiation assay, homology modeling\",\n      \"journal\": \"Biochemical and biophysical research communications\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 — mutagenesis with functional read-out; single lab, single study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20599760\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2014,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1-GluD2 signaling downregulates the formation and function of inhibitory synapses between Purkinje cells and interneurons. Recombinant Cbln1 reverses increased inhibitory synapse density and miniature IPSC amplitude in cbln1-null slices, but has no effect in Cbln1/GluD2 double-null mice. The effect on inhibitory transmission is mediated through a tyrosine kinase (Src-family kinase) pathway, as Src inhibition suppresses the increased inhibitory currents in cbln1-null Purkinje cells.\",\n      \"method\": \"Immunohistochemistry (VGAT antibody), whole-cell patch-clamp in cerebellar slices, recombinant Cbln1 application, Src-family kinase inhibitor pharmacology, double-knockout analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"The European journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — electrophysiology, anatomical analysis, pharmacology, and double-KO epistasis; multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24467251\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"Sparse but not global knockout of GluD2 causes under-elaboration of Purkinje cell dendrites in the deep molecular layer and overelaboration in the superficial layer, due to a deficit in Cbln1/GluD2-dependent competitive interactions during synaptogenesis. Genetic epistasis and overexpression analyses confirm Cbln1 drives these dendrite morphogenesis effects through competitive synaptogenesis.\",\n      \"method\": \"Sparse and global GluD2 knockout (MADM system), developmental analyses, Cbln1/GluD2 overexpression, genetic epistasis, computational modeling\",\n      \"journal\": \"Neuron\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — clean sparse/global KO comparison with epistasis and overexpression; multiple orthogonal approaches\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"33352118\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 functions as an axon growth and guidance cue during early neural development, acting in an autocrine manner from axons/growth cones of commissural neurons to promote axon growth, and as an attractive guidance cue from intermediate target tissues. These functions are mediated by neurexin-2 (Nrxn2) as the Cbln1 receptor for axon growth and guidance, distinct from its synaptogenic receptor context. Cbln1 also regulates cerebellar parallel fiber growth and retinal ganglion cell axon guidance.\",\n      \"method\": \"Mouse and chick embryo experiments, loss-of-function (conditional knockout), gain-of-function, receptor identification (Nrxn2), axon tracing\",\n      \"journal\": \"PLoS biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — loss- and gain-of-function in multiple systems with receptor identification; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36395107\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"Cbln1 expressed in corticospinal neurons (CSN) of medial sensorimotor cortex directs thoraco-lumbar axon extension. Cbln1 shows highest expression during peak axon extension toward thoraco-lumbar segments. Misexpression of Cbln1 in bulbar-cervical projecting CSN (via in utero electroporation or AAV) redirects these axons past normal targets toward thoracic segments, demonstrating sufficiency for specifying distal axon targeting.\",\n      \"method\": \"In utero electroporation, AAV-mediated gene delivery, in vivo axon tracing, gain-of-function\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — gain-of-function with two independent delivery methods in vivo; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36823038\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"finding\": \"lncRNA-PM (lncRNA-Promoting Methylation) activates Cbln1 transcription through recruiting Pax6 and Mll1 to promote H3K4me3 at the Cbln1 regulatory region. Knockdown of lncRNA-PM reduces Cbln1 expression, impairs cerebellar synaptic integrity, and causes motor deficits.\",\n      \"method\": \"ChIP for H3K4me3 and Pax6/Mll1 at Cbln1 locus, lncRNA-PM knockdown in cerebellum, mRNA/protein measurement, synaptic morphology and behavioral analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"PLoS biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — ChIP, knockdown, and functional phenotype; single lab with multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34111112\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"YTHDF3 interacts with BTG2 and is involved in the decay of Cbln1 mRNA in the hippocampus, leading to downregulation of Cbln1 expression and abnormal synaptic function.\",\n      \"method\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation of YTHDF3-BTG2, mRNA decay assay, Cbln1 protein/mRNA measurement, synaptic functional analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"iScience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 — co-IP and mRNA measurement; single lab, mechanistic follow-up partial\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38205248\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"finding\": \"D-serine inhibits the interaction between Cbln1 and GluD1 in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 ~300 µM) in an in vitro cell-binding assay. In ex vivo central amygdala slices, recombinant Cbln1 increases excitatory neurotransmission via GluD1, and this effect is partially blocked by D-serine pre-treatment. Intra-CeA rCbln1 injection modulates nocifensive responses and this is blocked by D-serine.\",\n      \"method\": \"In vitro cell-binding assay (concentration-response), ex vivo electrophysiology in central amygdala slices, in vivo intra-CeA injection and behavioral testing\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cellular and molecular life sciences\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2-3 — binding assay plus electrophysiology and behavioral experiments; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"39890638\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"In the VMHvl-arcuate circuit, VMHvl neurons form excitatory synapses onto AgRP/NPY arcuate neurons through a NRXN1-Cbln1-GluD1 transsynaptic complex. Increased UBE3A decreases Cbln1 gene expression in VMHvl, impairing this synapse and elevating aggression. Deletion of GluD1 in arcuate AgRP neurons reduces excitatory synapses from VMHvl and increases aggression.\",\n      \"method\": \"Targeted Ube3a deletion in VMHvl, GluD1 conditional knockout in AgRP neurons, chemogenetic/optogenetic circuit manipulations, electrophysiology\",\n      \"journal\": \"bioRxiv\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — circuit-specific genetic manipulations with defined synaptic and behavioral readouts; preprint, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36909588\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": true\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"Cbln1 is a secreted hexameric glycoprotein of the C1q/TNF superfamily, released from presynaptic granule cell axons via activity- and Ca2+-dependent lysosomal exocytosis, that acts as a bidirectional trans-synaptic organizer by bridging presynaptic neurexins (Nrxn1β/Nrxn2) to postsynaptic GluD2 (cerebellum) or GluD1 (amygdala/hypothalamus) through direct binding to their N-terminal domains, thereby inducing and maintaining excitatory synapses, suppressing inhibitory synapse formation via a Src-family kinase pathway, and also functioning as an axon growth and guidance cue in early development through Nrxn2; Cbln1 expression is regulated at the transcriptional level by lncRNA-PM/Pax6/Mll1-H3K4me3, at the post-transcriptional level by YTHDF3-BTG2-mediated mRNA decay, and by neuronal activity through L-type Ca2+/calcineurin-dependent repression, as well as by UBE3A in a circuit-specific manner.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"CBLN1 is a secreted glycoprotein of the C1q/TNF superfamily that functions as a bidirectional trans-synaptic organizer and axon guidance cue in the developing and mature nervous system. CBLN1 assembles into hexamers that bridge presynaptic neurexins (NRXN1β/NRXN2) to postsynaptic GluD2 (in cerebellum) or GluD1 (in amygdala and hypothalamus), and this tripartite complex is both necessary and sufficient to induce and maintain excitatory synapses, while simultaneously suppressing inhibitory synapse formation through a Src-family kinase pathway [PMID:20537373, PMID:20395510, PMID:18524896, PMID:24467251]. CBLN1 is released from axonal lysosomes in an activity- and Ca²⁺-dependent manner, retained on axonal surfaces by neurexin, and accumulates at boutons via GluD2 binding; its expression is regulated transcriptionally by a lncRNA-PM/Pax6/Mll1-H3K4me3 axis and post-transcriptionally by YTHDF3-BTG2-mediated mRNA decay, while chronic neuronal activity represses Cbln1 via L-type Ca²⁺ channels and calcineurin [PMID:31072786, PMID:34111112, PMID:38205248, PMID:19403810]. Beyond synaptogenesis, CBLN1 acts as an autocrine axon growth and attractive guidance cue through NRXN2 during early development and specifies distal corticospinal axon targeting [PMID:36395107, PMID:36823038].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2000,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing that CBLN1 forms specific homomeric and heteromeric (with CBLN3) complexes answered the question of whether cerebellin-family members interact physically, suggesting they operate as oligomeric secreted signals.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid screen and mammalian co-expression binding assays in HEK cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"10964938\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No functional assay for the heteromeric complex\", \"Stoichiometry and quaternary structure not resolved\", \"In vivo relevance of heteromer not tested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2005,\n      \"claim\": \"The generation of Cbln1-null mice revealed that CBLN1 is essential for synapse integrity, long-term depression, and proper climbing fiber innervation at parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapses, establishing it as a key trans-neuronal signaling molecule whose loss phenocopies GluD2 deletion.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Cbln1 knockout mouse with anatomical, electrophysiological, and behavioral phenotyping; genetic epistasis with GluD2-null mice\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16234806\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular receptor for CBLN1 not yet identified\", \"Mechanism of secretion unknown\", \"Whether CBLN1 acts directly or through intermediate molecules unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2005,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that hexameric (uncleaved) CBLN1 is the secreted functional form, and that proteolytic processing yields trimers or destroys assembly, resolved how oligomeric state relates to biological activity.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Yeast two-hybrid, mammalian expression, and proteolytic processing analysis of synaptic compartment fractions\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"16135095\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No functional readout linking hexamer vs. trimer to synaptogenic activity\", \"Protease identity and regulation unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2006,\n      \"claim\": \"Genetic epistasis between Cbln1 and Cbln3 knockouts revealed a 'hide-and-run' ER retention mechanism in which CBLN3 requires CBLN1 for secretion and CBLN3 reciprocally modulates CBLN1 levels, establishing how heteromeric complex formation controls secretion.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Cbln1/Cbln3 double-knockout mice, mutagenesis, structural modeling, secretion assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17030622\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Physiological significance of CBLN1/3 heteromer vs. CBLN1 homomer at synapses not tested\", \"ER retention receptor for CBLN3 not identified\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"claim\": \"Recombinant CBLN1 application to knockout cultures and in vivo fully restored functional synapses and rescued ataxia in adult mice, proving that CBLN1 is not only a developmental factor but continuously required for synapse maintenance.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Recombinant CBLN1 application to knockout cultures and slices, in vivo cerebellar injection with electrophysiology and EM\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18524896\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Postsynaptic receptor still not identified at this point\", \"Turnover kinetics and half-life of CBLN1 at synapses unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"claim\": \"Multiple studies converged to define CBLN1's synaptic localization and regulation: ultrastructural immunogold localized CBLN1 to the synaptic cleft, binding assays showed hexamer-specific binding to postsynaptic densities, trans-neuronal trafficking to Purkinje cells was demonstrated, and activity-dependent repression of Cbln1 via L-type Ca²⁺/calcineurin was established.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Postembedding immunogold EM, recombinant fragment binding in weaver/pcd mutant cerebella, trans-neuronal trafficking in GluD2-null mice, chronic depolarization with pharmacological dissection\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19250438\", \"19200061\", \"19344768\", \"19403810\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Identity of postsynaptic binding partner still formally unresolved\", \"Calcineurin targets at the Cbln1 promoter not identified\", \"Mechanism of trans-neuronal uptake unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2010,\n      \"claim\": \"Two simultaneous landmark studies identified GluD2 as the postsynaptic receptor and neurexins as the presynaptic receptor for CBLN1, establishing the tripartite NRXN–CBLN1–GluD2 complex as the minimal trans-synaptic unit for synapse induction.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation, Cbln1-coated bead reconstitution, NRXN knockdown, in vivo competitive inhibition, direct pull-down of CBLN1-GluD2\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20537373\", \"20395510\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Structural basis of the tripartite complex not determined\", \"Whether CBLN1 binds other postsynaptic receptors besides GluD2 unknown\", \"Signaling downstream of GluD2 engagement uncharacterized\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"claim\": \"Time-lapse imaging revealed that NRXN–CBLN1–GluD2 signaling drives dynamic presynaptic structural remodeling (protrusions that encapsulate spines), establishing the morphogenetic mechanism by which this complex builds synapses.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Time-lapse imaging in organotypic cerebellar culture, ultrastructural analysis, GluD2/Nrxn knockout analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23141067\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Cytoskeletal effectors downstream of neurexin engagement not identified\", \"Whether this protrusion mechanism operates outside cerebellum unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2014,\n      \"claim\": \"Discovery that CBLN1–GluD2 signaling actively suppresses inhibitory synapse formation via Src-family kinases expanded CBLN1's role from excitatory synaptogenesis to bidirectional synapse-type control.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry in cbln1-null and Cbln1/GluD2 double-null cerebellar slices, Src-family kinase inhibitor pharmacology\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24467251\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Direct Src substrate linking GluD2 signaling to inhibitory synapse suppression unknown\", \"Whether this extends beyond Purkinje cells untested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"Crystal structures of CBLN1 and CBLN4 C1q domains and EM reconstruction of hexameric CBLN1 revealed the structural basis for receptor selectivity: loop CD divergence explains differential GluD2 binding, while NRXN1β contacts strand β10 of the splice insert.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"X-ray crystallography (2.2 Å), negative-stain EM (13 Å), binding assays\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28877468\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No co-crystal of the full tripartite complex\", \"How hexamer-to-trimer transition affects receptor engagement structurally unresolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"UBE3A was identified as a transcriptional repressor of Cbln1 in VTA glutamatergic neurons, and viral restoration of CBLN1 rescued sociability deficits, linking CBLN1 to autism-related circuitry via the UBE3A pathway.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vivo UBE3A overexpression, Cbln1 conditional deletion in VTA, viral Cbln1 restoration, electrophysiology\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28297715\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Mechanism by which UBE3A represses Cbln1 transcription not defined\", \"Whether postsynaptic GluD1 or GluD2 mediates VTA synapse effects not resolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"Live imaging demonstrated that CBLN1 is released from axonal lysosomes (not conventional secretory vesicles) in an activity- and Ca²⁺-dependent, tetanus toxin-insensitive manner, redefining its secretion mechanism as lysosomal exocytosis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Cbln1-pHluorin live imaging, tetanus neurotoxin insensitivity, cathepsin B co-release, lysosome disruption, Neu1 overexpression in vivo\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31072786\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Ca²⁺ sensor for lysosomal CBLN1 exocytosis not identified\", \"Whether lysosomal release mechanism generalizes to other C1q-family members unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Sparse knockout studies showed that CBLN1/GluD2-dependent competitive synaptogenesis between neighboring Purkinje cells shapes dendritic territory, expanding CBLN1's role from synapse formation to dendrite morphogenesis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"MADM-based sparse and global GluD2 knockout, developmental analyses, CBLN1/GluD2 overexpression, genetic epistasis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"33352118\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular mechanism coupling synaptogenesis to dendrite elaboration not resolved\", \"Whether competitive mechanism operates in other brain regions unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of lncRNA-PM as a recruiter of Pax6 and Mll1 to the Cbln1 promoter to deposit H3K4me3 established the first epigenetic transcriptional activation mechanism for Cbln1.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"ChIP for H3K4me3/Pax6/Mll1 at Cbln1 locus, lncRNA-PM knockdown with synaptic and behavioral phenotyping\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34111112\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Developmental timing and cell-type specificity of lncRNA-PM regulation not fully characterized\", \"Whether other lncRNAs regulate Cbln1 unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"claim\": \"CBLN1 was shown to function as an axon growth and guidance cue during early development, acting through NRXN2 rather than through its synaptogenic receptor context, revealing a pre-synaptogenic role for CBLN1.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Mouse and chick embryo conditional knockouts and gain-of-function, receptor identification (Nrxn2), axon tracing\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36395107\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Signaling pathway downstream of NRXN2 for axon guidance not identified\", \"Whether guidance and synaptogenic functions are temporally separable in the same neuron unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"claim\": \"CBLN1 was shown to direct distal corticospinal axon targeting: misexpression redirected cervical-projecting axons past their normal targets toward thoracic segments, extending the guidance function to cortical motor circuitry.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In utero electroporation and AAV-mediated misexpression of CBLN1 in corticospinal neurons, in vivo axon tracing\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36823038\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Receptor mediating corticospinal targeting not identified\", \"Whether CBLN1 acts cell-autonomously or as a secreted gradient cue in this context unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2025,\n      \"claim\": \"D-serine was identified as a competitive inhibitor of the CBLN1–GluD1 interaction, establishing a modulatory mechanism for CBLN1 signaling outside the cerebellum in amygdala circuits relevant to pain processing.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"In vitro cell-binding concentration-response assay, ex vivo electrophysiology in central amygdala slices, in vivo intra-CeA injection and behavioral testing\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"39890638\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether D-serine modulates CBLN1–GluD2 interaction similarly untested\", \"Structural basis of competitive inhibition unknown\", \"Physiological D-serine concentrations at these synapses not measured\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"Key unresolved questions include the atomic structure of the complete NRXN–CBLN1–GluD tripartite complex, the intracellular signaling cascades downstream of GluD2/GluD1 engagement by CBLN1, the Ca²⁺ sensor mediating lysosomal CBLN1 exocytosis, and whether CBLN1's axon guidance and synaptogenic functions are mediated by distinct downstream pathways or converge on shared effectors.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No co-crystal structure of the ternary NRXN–CBLN1–GluD complex\", \"Intracellular signaling downstream of GluD engagement by CBLN1 largely uncharacterized\", \"Ca²⁺ sensor for lysosomal exocytosis not identified\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0048018\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 3, 12, 20]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0098772\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [18]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005198\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5, 14]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005576\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [2, 9, 10, 15]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005764\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [7, 15]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005829\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-112316\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1266738\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [20, 21]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-162582\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 18]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-9609507\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [6, 15]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"NRXN-CBLN1-GluD2 tripartite complex\",\n      \"CBLN1-CBLN3 heteromeric complex\",\n      \"CBLN1 homohexamer\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"GRID2\",\n      \"NRXN1\",\n      \"NRXN2\",\n      \"CBLN3\",\n      \"CBLN2\",\n      \"GRID1\",\n      \"UBE3A\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}